TERRA Day 2025

For the sixth edition, the TERRA research unit and Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech opened the doors of the campus to explore the latest innovations in scientific research, take part in practical demonstrations and exchange ideas with researchers and doctoral students on concrete projects involvingsustainable agriculture,soil erosion, the chemistry of natural molecules, biotechnologies, forest management, theenvironment, innovation in food...

The event was organized as part of Printemps des Sciences, the annual event for scientific and technological culture in Wallonia and Brussels. Over 200 people, including a majority of upper secondary school students, took part in the event.

Presentations given at the 2025 event:

• Biodiversity, ecosystems and landscapes
  How drones help us explore and understand ecosystems
• Biosystems dynamics and exchanges
  Analyzing and understanding crop growth using new technologies
• Modeling and development
  Milk speaks to you: determining the health of cows by analyzing their milk (HoliCow project)
• Forest resource management
  Dendrology: between slowness and precision, tools to observe the silent growth of trees
  
• Food technology
  The chemistry of food emulsions: how to ensure the texture and stability of our sauces and creams
• Water-soil-plant exchanges
  Au fil de l'eau: a rain garden to learn how to better manage stream water
  
• Water-soil-plant exchanges
  Precision irrigation: presentation of a low-cost Arduino-based solution
• Microbial technology
  Bioreactors and biotechnology: how researchers grow and study micro-organisms
• Microbial technology
  Biocontrol 4.0 project: bacteria to combat pathogenic fungi and protect crops
• Sustainable pest management
  From soup to soap: oil soap from insects fed with food waste from university canteens
• Sustainable pest management
  Olfactory encounter: chemical ecology, the science of invisible interactions between living beings
• Animal Science
  Innovation and animal welfare: science and genetics for more sustainable livestock farming
  
• Plant Science
  Intelligent management of agrosystems in the face of environmental challenges: what sustainable solutions for the future?
  
• Chemistry for sustainable food and environmental systems
  Synthesis of fragrant esters: organic chemistry unveils the secrets of aromas

Watch the Canal Zoom report (March 27, 2025)